decomposing jane decomposition. decomposing bodies smell very, very bad. see: working_with_the_dead 080114 ... birdmad 15 years ago, my Rules of Evidence teacher told us that in the old days, a detective or evidence tech would deliberately burn coffee grounds so that the noxious smell of burnt coffee would overwhelm the smell of a body in advanced decomp. sometimes, severe forms of cancer give off the distinct smell of necrosis in live patients either in and ov themselves or in any surrounding tissue affected by the tumours 080114 what's it to you? who go blather from